Performance Bikes Magazine
Encyclopedia
Performance Bikes, now known by the shortened title of "PB", is a monthly British motorcycling
magazine which evolved during the 1980s from the long-running Motorcycle Mechanics.
The magazine features a mix of motorcycle and product tests, with technical articles and design innovation.
In 2007, PB moved testing of many of the motorcycles to the Nürburgring
, in the Eifel
Mountains of Germany. Where the Nordschleife fastest lap times
are captured and collated into a table. This feature is called the PBTT, which stands for Performance Bikes Test Track.
PB is notable for its long association with the late journalist John Robinson (who had been with the magazine since its Motorcycle Mechanics days until his death in 2001). Robinson was key to Performance Bikes pioneering the use of a dynamometer
in the performance testing of motorcycles by a magazine.
Motorcycling
Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle. A variety of subcultures and lifestyles have been built up around motorcycling.-Benefits:Robert M. Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a paean celebrating motorcycling...
magazine which evolved during the 1980s from the long-running Motorcycle Mechanics.
The magazine features a mix of motorcycle and product tests, with technical articles and design innovation.
In 2007, PB moved testing of many of the motorcycles to the Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...
, in the Eifel
Eifel
The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....
Mountains of Germany. Where the Nordschleife fastest lap times
Nordschleife fastest lap times
This is a list of lap times achieved by various vehicles on the Nürburgring . The list itself is broken down into categories.-The Nordschleife:...
are captured and collated into a table. This feature is called the PBTT, which stands for Performance Bikes Test Track.
PB is notable for its long association with the late journalist John Robinson (who had been with the magazine since its Motorcycle Mechanics days until his death in 2001). Robinson was key to Performance Bikes pioneering the use of a dynamometer
Dynamometer
A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for measuring force, moment of force , or power. For example, the power produced by an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover can be calculated by simultaneously measuring torque and rotational speed .A dynamometer can also be used to determine...
in the performance testing of motorcycles by a magazine.